Mum Sarah Bailey lost her job after being left without petrol money as her £140-a-week tax credits were wrongly taken away.
The 31-year-old couldn't afford to travel from her Longton home to her job as a cleaner. It left her with just £20.70 in child benefit to live on, with no cash for gas or electricity.
Now Sarah, who has a five-year-old daughter, Scarlett, has finally got the tax credits reinstated after a two-month fight.
But Concentrix – the under-fire U.S. firm hired by HM Revenue and Customs to find false claimants – hasn't backdated them to include the eight weeks she lost out on... read more

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